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  • White House slashes, then restores, funding to treat mental health and addiction

    White House slashes, then restores, funding to treat mental health and addiction

    Jan 15, 2026 11:30 PM EDT

    Brian Mann: I think it's dangerously fragile. The people I talk to, they're already exhausted. They're already working with people who are severely ill, people who are using fentanyl or methamphetamines, who have severe mental illnesses. This is tough work. And when suddenly you hear overnight that ...

  • A timeline of U.S. military escalation against Venezuela leading to Maduro's capture

    A timeline of U.S. military escalation against Venezuela leading to Maduro's capture

    Jan 03, 2026 06:54 PM EDT

    The U.S. military carried out its second strike against an alleged drug boat, killing three people. Asked what proof the U.S. had that the vessel was carrying drugs, Trump told reporters that big bags of cocaine and fentanyl were spattered all over the ocean. Images of what Trump ...

  • With strike inside Venezuela, U.S. increases pressure on Maduro regime

    With strike inside Venezuela, U.S. increases pressure on Maduro regime

    Dec 30, 2025 11:55 PM EDT

    ... Hellinger: I don't think he's sort of the kingpin that they're trying to portray him to be. Venezuela does not traffic in fentanyl to any significant degree and that most of what comes out of Venezuela is more likely to be marijuana or cocaine, and even that ...

  • Coast Guard pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt oil sanctions, U.S. official says

    Coast Guard pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt oil sanctions, U.S. official says

    Dec 21, 2025 06:43 PM EDT

    ... the Defense Department to carry out a series of attacks on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean that his administration alleges are smuggling fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the United States and beyond. At least 104 people have been killed in 28 known strikes since early September ...

  • U.S. forces stop 2nd oil tanker off Venezuelan coast as Trump follows up on 'blockade' promise

    U.S. forces stop 2nd oil tanker off Venezuelan coast as Trump follows up on 'blockade' promise

    Dec 20, 2025 11:48 PM EDT

    ... the Defense Department to carry out a series of attacks on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean that his administration alleges are smuggling fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the United States and beyond. At least 104 people have been killed in 28 known strikes since early September ...

  • WATCH: Trump orders reclassification of marijuana, downgrading its drug schedule

    WATCH: Trump orders reclassification of marijuana, downgrading its drug schedule

    Dec 18, 2025 07:12 PM EDT

    ... especially fentanyl, a feature of his second term, ordering U.S. military attacks on Venezuelan and other boats the administration insists are ferrying drugs. He signed another executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.

  • Noem says seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast linked to U.S. antidrug efforts

    Noem says seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast linked to U.S. antidrug efforts

    Dec 11, 2025 08:34 PM EDT

    ... has said land attacks are coming soon but has not offered more details, has broadly justified the moves as necessary to stem the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S. Venezuela’s government said in a statement that the tanker seizure “constitutes a blatant theft and ...

  • Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants

    Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants

    Dec 10, 2025 11:40 PM EDT

    ... he is stating. And he has delivered on his promises to the American people to secure the border and stop the drugs and flow of fentanyl coming across or coming into our communities and causing harm and chaos. Amna Nawaz: Ameshia, to Tiffany's point, this isn't necessarily new ...

  • Trump will visit China in April and host Xi for a state visit later next year

    Trump will visit China in April and host Xi for a state visit later next year

    Nov 24, 2025 05:13 PM EDT

    ... have accused Beijing of enabling the war through its industrial support for Moscow. Trump and Xi discussed trade Trump said he spoke with Xi about “Fentanyl, Soybeans and other Farm Products, etc.”“We have done a good, and very important, deal for our Great Farmers — and it will only get ...

  • Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and Sackler family

    Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma and Sackler family

    Nov 14, 2025 07:10 PM EDT

    ... account for its role in an opioid crisis connected to 900,000 deaths in the U.S. since 1999, including deaths from heroin and illicit fentanyl. WATCH: U.S. states agree to multi-billion dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis Lawyers and judges involved have described it as ...

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